Meghalaya Storm

A portion of National Highway 6, the arterial road connecting Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, has collapsed near Meghalaya's Lumshnong as storms and rains triggered by Cyclone Remal caused landslides.

Several houses were damaged and more than 400 people affected as a storm accompanied by heavy rains lashed several villages in Meghalaya's Khasi Jaintia Hills region, officials said on Monday.

A recent video posted on his verified social media handles has taken the internet by storm, featuring the charismatic leader effortlessly shredding the iconic guitar solo of the metal band Iron Maiden's 'Wasted Years.'

Over 1000 house in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district were affected in a cyclonic storm that ravaged the district on Thursday but there was no casualty.

Cyclone Amphan turned in to a "super cyclonic storm" on Monday morning, the weather office said, hours after it intensified in to an "extremely severe cyclonic storm". Two states- Bengal and Odisha - have been alerted over the storm, which is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. "The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 'AMPHAN' (pronoun...

Cyclonic storm 'Fani' that has become "extremely severe" is set to make landfall in Odisha on Friday morning with speed of gusting 180-200 kmph, affecting about 10,000 villages, even as the government agencies have asserted to be prepared with disaster management measures.

A rescue operation launched to rescue over 14 people trapped inside a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills was disrupted due to heavy rain and strong winds today. Five days have passed since the operation's launch, but nobody has been rescued yet.

Hynniewtrep Youth Council activists on Friday stormed the Meghalaya secretariat and staged a demonstration demanding introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system and preparation of a National Register of Citizens to detect illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the state.

On a day the BJP stormed the Red bastion of Tripura putting an end to 25 years of Left rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's journey in the state from "no one" to "won". The BJP that failed to win a single seat in the last assembly elections has won 35 seats this time, enough to form the government on its own. Its ally IPFT has won ...

Seven persons including a two year-old infant were injured and over 40 houses were flattened when a cyclonic storm accompanied with heavy rain lashed Sohpdok, Mawhati and Nonglum villages in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district on Thursday, official said.

At least four persons, including a child, were killed and 41 injured when a storm hit Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district leaving over 190 houses damaged and several people homeless in at least ten villages, officials said today.

At least three people were killed and over 50 injured in a storm in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, officials said on Thursday.

A portion of National Highway 6, the arterial road connecting Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, has collapsed near Meghalaya's Lumshnong as storms and rains triggered by Cyclone Remal caused landslides.

Several houses were damaged and more than 400 people affected as a storm accompanied by heavy rains lashed several villages in Meghalaya's Khasi Jaintia Hills region, officials said on Monday.

A recent video posted on his verified social media handles has taken the internet by storm, featuring the charismatic leader effortlessly shredding the iconic guitar solo of the metal band Iron Maiden's 'Wasted Years.'

Over 1000 house in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district were affected in a cyclonic storm that ravaged the district on Thursday but there was no casualty.

Cyclone Amphan turned in to a "super cyclonic storm" on Monday morning, the weather office said, hours after it intensified in to an "extremely severe cyclonic storm". Two states- Bengal and Odisha - have been alerted over the storm, which is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. "The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 'AMPHAN' (pronoun...

Cyclonic storm 'Fani' that has become "extremely severe" is set to make landfall in Odisha on Friday morning with speed of gusting 180-200 kmph, affecting about 10,000 villages, even as the government agencies have asserted to be prepared with disaster management measures.

A rescue operation launched to rescue over 14 people trapped inside a flooded "rat-hole" mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills was disrupted due to heavy rain and strong winds today. Five days have passed since the operation's launch, but nobody has been rescued yet.

Hynniewtrep Youth Council activists on Friday stormed the Meghalaya secretariat and staged a demonstration demanding introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system and preparation of a National Register of Citizens to detect illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the state.

On a day the BJP stormed the Red bastion of Tripura putting an end to 25 years of Left rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's journey in the state from "no one" to "won". The BJP that failed to win a single seat in the last assembly elections has won 35 seats this time, enough to form the government on its own. Its ally IPFT has won ...

Seven persons including a two year-old infant were injured and over 40 houses were flattened when a cyclonic storm accompanied with heavy rain lashed Sohpdok, Mawhati and Nonglum villages in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district on Thursday, official said.

At least four persons, including a child, were killed and 41 injured when a storm hit Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district leaving over 190 houses damaged and several people homeless in at least ten villages, officials said today.

At least three people were killed and over 50 injured in a storm in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, officials said on Thursday.